uments o an audience of street arabs and leisurely messenger boys. A maid in a ering a box of plants on a sill o ter scale rising into treble.

    Step ening to stories tered and dead revellers w sickness sig.

    ion in Belvedere, a free boy, a leader afraid of y, proud and sensitive and suspicious, battling against t t of ters cut in tained ared upon ile enttle in  greter and foul to s sickness climbed to  for a moment he closed his eyes and walked on in darkness.

    ill hers voice--

    --  for yourself, Stepever you do, to mix lemen. ell you I enjoyed myself. I mixed  felloor, anot player, anotell a good story and so on. e kept t of life and  eit lemen, Step least I  Irisoo. ts t you to associate  kidney. Im talking to you as a friend, Step believe a son sreat you as your grandfatreated me  day  me smoking. I anding at terrace one day   say a op even. But t day, Sunday,  for a ogetook out  kno. - Of course I tried to carry it off as best I could. - If you  a good smoke, ry one of tain made me a present of t nigown.

    Stepo a laug a sob.

    --  man in Cork at t time, by God o stand to look after reet.

    and opened  breaking-suddenly on  turned to a fantastic . erpret tters of trous y. Noto  an eced cries o no earto ted by s, and repeated sloo himself:

    -- I am Stepy. Our room is in toria el. Victoria and Stepeporia. Names.

    tried to call forts vivid moments but could not. e, Parnell, Clane, Clongotle boy aug ten slim jim out of  cap a